Category: Live Music
Door County summers are made for live music! Check out a show in a bar, a sunset concert in the park in almost any village, a professional performance venue, or a concert in a rustic barn. Door County’s live music scene features every genre, local favorites and nationally touring artists.
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Hardbean & McHonzik at The Cork
Though you won’t find green beer, you will find Hardbean & McHonzik playing traditional Irish pub sing-alongs, and the crowd dancing for their pride at The Cork’s 11th annual St.
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White Gull Presents Singer-Songwriter Garnet Rogers
Singer-songwriter Garnet Rogers will perform Feb. 22 at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Tickets for the 8 pm concert, the fourth in a series of six, are $16.
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Third Avenue Playhouse Presents Three February Concerts
The Third Avenue Playhouse in Stugeon Bay will present three concerts in February. Feb. 18 at 7:30 pm, Jess Holland & Nick Hoover will grace the stage.
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Lena MacDonald is Door County Idol
Lena MacDonald is the new Door County Idol. She won the title at the 2012 Door County Idol competition held Feb. 11 at the Door Community Auditorium. MacDonald also won the songwriter award for her original composition and recently won the Miss Door County Outstanding Teen Award.
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Cowboy Church House Band Performs Valentines Day Variety Show
To celebrate Valentines Day with a special event, the Northern Door Cowboy Church House Band is putting on a Valentines Day variety show concert Feb. 14.
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Jess Holland & Nik Hoover Perform at Sturgeon Bay’s TAP
Local musicians Jess Holland and Nick Hoover will perform at the Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay on Feb. 18 at 7:30 pm. Holland has charmed hearts in Door County with her sweet voice and enchanting songs rooted in folk music.
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Holiday Music Motel Introduces “Love on Holiday” Songwriting Event
The Holiday Music Motel is excited to introduce “Love on Holiday: Songs of Love, and Love Gone Away,” its first annual mid-February songwriting event.
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Love songs. They play low in the background as candlelight reflects in a lover’s eyes as they look up through batting lashes, ever so lovingly. But what if, on Valentine’s Day, all that’s reflecting in your eyes is the 5:00 remaining on the microwave heating a Stouffer’s lasagna for one?
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Katie Dahl Performs in Coffeehouse Concert Series
Local folksinger Katie Dahl will play as part of Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) Coffehouse Concert series at 7 pm on Jan. 21, having played to a sellout crowd at the DCA in 2010.
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Looking to 2012: Top Live Music Shows of 2011
As the county gears up for another season, the staff at the Pulse found itself looking back upon the striking shows of 2011. Here are a few of our top picks for everyone out there thinking about booking acts for the season ahead.
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Highland Road Kicks Off DCA Coffeehouse Concerts
Highland Road will kick off the Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) Coffehouse Concert series at 7 pm on Jan. 14. Highland Road is a familiar favorite in the DCA Coffeehouse series, having played to sold-out houses in both 2009 and 2010.
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Lou and Peter Berryman Perform at White Gull Inn
The singer/songwriter duo Lou and Peter Berryman will be featured in concert Jan. 11 at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Tickets for the 8 pm concert, the third in a series of six, are $16.
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Kim Manning Rocks The Holiday Music Motel
Having just completed an extensive European tour as a background singer with the legendary George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic, Kim Manning has once again returned to Sturgeon Bay, this time to spend a week writing and recording with mix-master Billy Triplett at The Holiday Music Motel.
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The Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay will host a number of upcoming events including a volunteer meeting, the annual Hagen Family Christmas concert, and a performance by Karen Mal.
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Benefit for Military Families at Mr. G’s
Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille will sponsor a benefit dance for the Fisher House “home away from home for the families of our veterans” on Dec. 17 at Mr. G’s Ballroom.
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Christmas With Lost Mothra at Base Camp
Every year Lost Mothra shares the holiday spirit in music with their Base Camp Coffee Shop audience. On Dec. 17 at 7 pm, the warm inviting atmosphere of Base Camp in Sister Bay will be the perfect place to gather, sing along and listen to sounds of the season from Jeanne Kuhns and Lost Mothra.
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Sigmund Snopek III Performs at Holiday Music Motel
Sigmund Snopek III will perform a special Christmas concert at the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay on Dec. 11 beginning at 6 pm. Early last spring, Holiday Music Motel welcomed famed rock-eccentric Snopek to perform in their on-site concert hall/recording studio.
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Michael Smith to Perform at White Gull Inn
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael Peter Smith will be featured in concert on Dec. 7 at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Tickets for the 8 pm concert, the second in a series of six, are $16.
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Behind the Curtain: Door County Idol
Contests like Door County Idol are often made out to be a stop-at-nothing race to the top. Mock documentaries about such competitions, like Drop Dead Gorgeous, make fun of rural towns where mothers and daughters hatch deadly plots to win. And, of course, on the national television show American Idol young people fiercely compete for […]
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Door County Idol Hosts Open Auditions
Open auditions for the 2012 Door County Idol competition at the Door Community Auditorium will take place the week of November 14 at area high schools.